Reason No. 1: An unsupported claim that countywide voting on Election Day would lead to "corruption"

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The Denton County Republican Party chair has given six reasons for blocking countywide Election Day voting -- all based on unfounded claims and the premise that Election Day voting rules should be set for the convenience of Republican Party candidates and insiders, not the needs of voters.

This ignores the 10-15% of Election Day voters who leave the first polling place they visit on every Election Day without voting, frustrated and sometimes disenfranchised. 

This happens because of a rule that could be easily changed. Although we can vote anywhere in the county during Early Voting, this rule requires that on Election Day we must vote only at our home precinct polling location. Across Texas, 99 counties with 85% of the state’s voters, have changed this rule to allow countywide voting on Election Day – Vote Centers.

Here's the first of her six reasons for keeping our outdated system: Countywide voting would open the door to corruption.  But she doesn't say how this would happen. 

We have countywide voting NOW during Early Voting when more than half of all Denton County voters cast their ballots. All Texas voters can vote anywhere in their county during Early Voting and have done so for decades.

Instances of voter fraud related to countywide voting are extremely rare because our voting system updates every few minutes with information on all voters who have been issued a ballot anywhere in the county.

We have a secure voting system with a paper ballot backup for every vote cast. This is the same system we use on Election Day, when it’s just as secure.

Don’t fall for her unsupported claims.

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